Shawn Wright
Tuesday 07 April 2020 : In 1942, with the country fighting wars in Europe and the pacific, Homewood could no longer ignore the fact that Shades Cahaba was getting a...
Tuesday 31 March 2020 : As soon as the school was built, teams were formed and Shades Cahaba entered competition with other Birmingham area high schools, which had...
Tuesday 24 March 2020 : When I recorded this episode, it was the second day that Shades Cahaba and other schools around the state had been shut down due to the...
Tuesday 17 March 2020 : We talk about Shades Cahaba a lot on this podcast for obvious reasons. With a school that taught grades 1-12 you get a little tunnel vision...
Tuesday 25 February 2020 : This episode is about the Shades Cahaba Underpass. Some of you may call it the tunnel but from the time it was conceived in the early 1950s...
Tuesday 11 February 2020 : This is the second episode of my conversation with former Homewood High School Principal and Superintendent Michael Gross. In the first...
Tuesday 04 February 2020 : We have talked a lot about the beginnings of Shades Cahaba High School and the beginnings of Shades Valley High School but now I want to...
Tuesday 28 January 2020 : This episode is a Special Edition of the Shades Cahaba Oral History Project. We talk with Homewood High School Alumnus Wade Kirkpatrick....
Tuesday 10 December 2019 : The Shades Cahaba Owl has had a very interesting life. It first appeared when Shades Cahaba High School was built in 1920. It stood watch...
Tuesday 03 December 2019 : When I decided to start an oral history of Shades Cahaba I knew it would be difficult. Luckily I was able to find people that I could...
Tuesday 19 November 2019 : I spoke with former Shades Cahaba Principal Sue Grogan in episode 5 of the podcast. She shared with me a Thanksgiving story that I saved to...
Monday 11 November 2019 : In this episode we learn about the origins of Veterans Day, and its connection to Birmingham. When Shades Cahaba High School was built,...
Tuesday 29 October 2019 : Today's edition of the podcast is dedicated to the school lunchroom and to everyone who has worked there.I have known my guest, Ken Kirk,...
Tuesday 22 October 2019 : Today’s episode features former Shades Cahaba teacher Laure Estes. She started her career as a first-grade teacher but quickly switched to...
Tuesday 15 October 2019 : I have probably known Herb Griffin for most of my life. We attend the same church and I am around the same age as his children. If you have...
Tuesday 08 October 2019 : Sue Grogan was principal at Shades Cahaba from 2000 until her retirement in 2013. She is the first person I met when my oldest son started...
Tuesday 24 September 2019 : On this episode of the Shades Cahaba Oral History Project, I interview with alumni Don Harbor who attended elementary school at Shades...
Tuesday 17 September 2019 : On this episode we talk with current Shades Cahaba PTO President Alexa McElroy. We talk about what the PTO is currently doing at Shades...
Shades Cahaba Oral History Project
Shawn Wright
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